So far, this month I’ve taken 5 nights worth of time lapse video… this video compiles those video several clips from those nights of filming. This includes video from the Frosty Drew Observatory of the Perseids meteor shower and Jupiter rising, as well as from my parents house in North Kingstown, RI.
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As excited as I was to be at the Frosty Drew Observatory last night I was disappointed that the full moon was making our dark skies not so dark. The views of the meteor was mostly washed out, but I was still able to capture some time lapse of Jupiter Rising. Even low in the sky, I was able to see two of Jupiters color rings through the telescope… I only have a short video because clouds and the full moon were plotting against me for the...

The stars move across the sky ≈ 15˚ per hour… while this movement isn’t always apparent to the naked eye, it can be captured with time lapse photography. This video was captured at my parents house in North Kingstown, RI, over the course of 6 hours using my Nikon D60 with a Nikkor 50mm lens tethered to my 13″ MacBook Pro running iStopMotion and Sofortbild. All the camera settings are noted in the...